On Friday 7 September we were crowned Derbyshire Business of the Year and we also picked up the Excellence in Customer Service award.  

The Derbyshire Business Awards 2018 took place at Derby's Pride Park and we were one of 12 award winners announced on the night. Our decades of focus on enhancing the customer experience was the central theme of our nomination. 

Every member of our 1,100-strong team shares a common goal of providing customers with really good service and exceeding their expectations. 

Managing Director Jeff Counsell was presented with the Excellence in Customer Service and Derbyshire Business of the Year trophies, alongside colleagues from across the company. 

Jeff said: "It's an absolute honour to be named Business of the Year. Winning these awards is a proud achievement for all our team members, each striving every working day to create a really positive experience for all our customers. 

"Our ongoing history of innovation covers service branding, a money back guarantee, smartcards, intelligent pricing, all mod cons on-board and off, dynamic communication and tactics to improve punctuality.

"Our primary objective is to provide an experience that continues to delight existing customers plus attracts and converts new customers into regular bus users. Over the past few years our customer satisfaction scores have been amongst the highest in the country, and our drivers have been rated as the best on the road by Transport Focus - it's fantastic to be recognised locally.

"We passionately believe that public transport - and buses in particular - have an essential role to play in keeping people connected, reducing congestion and improving the air quality in our towns and cities."